APPLICATION OF THE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE: REVIEW OF FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS

Blockchain is a distributed database that maintains an ever-growing list of data records that are protected from tampering and revision through algorithmic procedures. Blockchain technologies have significant opportunities for the transformation of national economies and individual industries, including such traditional as agriculture. However, the theoretical aspects of the use of technology blockchain in agriculture are not well developed, which increases the relevance of the study. The bibliographic method was used as a methodological toolkit. A total of 17 articles found on the Web of Science since 2017, indicating the novelty of the problem under study. Central to research in frontier studies is the use of blockchain technology in food safety with the use of traceable supply chains for agricultural products. Traceability and identification of products is necessary in order to determine the origin of products, prevent counterfeiting, determine the place of production, enhance trademark protection and provide state supervision over the agricultural sector of the economy. Blockchain technologies can be used to improve the security and confidentiality of the generated data, which is especially important in the conditions of industry digitalization and the Internet of Things (IoT) application. Perhaps, the use of blockchain technology to create a stable and reliable environment in the food trade. There are prospects for the use of various e-agriculture systems with blockchain infrastructure. The theoretical aspects of the use of the blockchain technology in foreign and domestic science are not sufficiently developed and require special attention due to their fundamental significance on a global scale.

blockchain, agriculture, product traceability, Web of Science (WoS), Internet of Things (IoT), food identification, digital economy, digital agriculture, data protection, intelligent manufacturing.

Skvortsov E. A., Beznosov G. A., Skvortsova E. G., Kholmanskikh M. V. Application of the blockchain technology in agriculture: review of foreign publications. Business. Education. Law, 2019, no. 3, pp. 171–175. DOI: 10.25683/ VOLBI.2019.48.361.